CLEVELAND (Scripps News Cleveland) — A mother is calling for justice after she says her 5-year-old daughter was beaten, abused, and traumatized .

When Antavia Kennibrew talks about her daughter, her face lights up.

“She literally will crack you up like she’s so proper. The way she talks everything about her is just like bubbly,” said Kennibrew, “She is very, very affectionate, like she would just run up to you, hug you.”

Anatavia Kennibrew says her daughter was beaten by multiple children under age 10. (Scripps News Cleveland)

But sadly, that joyful spirit has been broken.

“The bubbly 5-year-old, she was not there, no more,” said Kennibrew.

We are not naming the child or showing her face due to her age and the sensitive nature of the case.

This horrific story begins on Sept. 1

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